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The thread for birds and birding

Just returned from a trip out east to visit a fried and do some fly fishing. While there I also got to get some pictures of birds I haven't seen since moving west and also got to see a few birds I have never seen before. A few highlights below (saw and got more photos than this but these are some faves:

Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Ruby throat 2.jpg

Worm-eating Warbler, a new bird for me
Worm eating warbler.jpg

Indigo Bunting, male
IB male.jpg

Carolina Wren
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Those are lovely. What are you shooting with?
Nikon Coolpix P950. I got it in 2020. Its a point and shoot type digital with a good optic zoom. It has a setting specifically for birding (a little bird symbol on the selector dial). It also a "moon" mode though I have not used that mode for my night photography and usually just adjust settings manually. The bird setting is pretty darn good at autofocusing on the bird (though it can struggle if there is something more prominent in the back or foreground) and adjusting shutter speed, aperture, etc to make for decent shot. Then for me, it possible, I try to frame things myself so that I will hopefully need minimal cropping which is all I try to do when editing later. The P950 does offer the option of obtaining RAW files and then Nikon has a free software you can use for converting which is what I commonly do on the night stuff (comets and whatnot) as it seems to allow for better shots there.

There are updated models of the Coolpix P series but I have heard some say the 950 is the most user friendly model. The 1000 and 1100 models offer increased zoom and some other features that the 950 doesnt have but at the time of purchase for me, the 1100 I dont think existed yet and the 1000 was still the pricey model comparted to the 950.
 
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